Using laptop to focus digital camera

Is there a way to view on the monitor what is seen in the digital camera before snapping the picture? I need to look under the dash and take a picture of an installation before removing it. I cannot get my head behind the camera to focus it. Any ideas?
CGS

CGS,
what camera do you have? Some models include software to take pictures from the computer.
Please post back.

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As Steve points out, setting the Edit>Preferences>Still Duration BEFORE Importing, will get what you want.
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